I didn't realise that Amir and Laurie could be from another reality in house #1 because they arrived late for the dinner. The first scenes make sense to me now. Thanks for the explanation!
I'm pretty sure there are four groups of people at the beginning, each group being from different realities: (i) Emily (arriving alone), (ii) Kevin and Hugh (arriving together), (iii) Amir and Lauri (arriving together), and (iv) everyone else. It may be even more mixed up than that, depending on when some of the others arrived earlier.
supposing that scenario is true, then amir and laurie from each of the houses is also late, otherwise they'd walk into a house with an alternate set of themselves.
@@ShieldsUp4 We do see the other groups do leave at the same time and do the same ideas or at least have them. Like how Mike in all realities automatically goes on the attack, it takes a minute but there is a payoff to his warning at the start, even if that isn't the same Mike we started with.
Very comprehensive analysis. Well done. Laurie is definitely front a different reality than Mike because he remembered her as a yoga teacher and she saw a different Roswell where Mike was not a series cast member. I missed the Amir not knowing the sister thing though.
@@digitauruswow I knew Emily amid and Lori were imposters also possibly Mike (because of his yoga comment) but I didn't even consider anyone else besides them. So I guess the only people that are for sure the OGs or the two other women that were there when Emily arrived.
Fun fact from the director: In the "perfect reality" that Em #1 tries to infiltrate, Em #2 says yes to Kevin's request for her to move to Vietnam with him. This one decision and her hesitation to accept his request, changed the course of events for the entire evening in the reality she escaped from.
That's really interesting - that moment in the film always stuck out to me. I wondered if their relationship was so great why she didn't just go with him or rather why she was so reluctant and there was no enthusiasm ...
Yes! I just re-watched this recently and came to the same conclusion. The "perfect reality" that Em infiltrates is a house where A) She said YES to going to Vietnam when Kevin proposes she only come for a month (they later say something about how she's only going for a month, so we know that was the precise moment it diverged) but also B) their power hadn't gone out yet (all the houses are at different points in time). However, because of this, this specific house becomes a moth flame for ALL of the wandering Em's, looking for just that. This is how you end up with like 5 Em's at the end. They all stop looking when they find the "perfect house" and even after she finds it, she's still diverging from the other ones who found it, making different decisions. The Em that comes into the bathroom is not the same one from the car (she's locked in a trunk), and the Em that finds her isn't the Em that put the other one in the trunk (she's not wearing the jacket she stole). There's... a lot of Ems at the end.
@@Stellerby there were lit candles scattered around the house, so the energy had already fallen and returned. and i believe it is the same Em at the end, there is no reason in change that since she is the protagonist.
In that perfect reality she also kept her job and decided to be the understudy which as we know she later became the lead; whereas in her reality she hesitated.
I’ve watched this movie maybe 20 times (not kidding) because I was so fascinated by the whole idea of divergent realities and getting mixed up in them... so I actually realized something else in addition to Laurie and Amir starting in the wrong house... In the beginning, when Em, Beth, Mike & Lee are standing in the kitchen and Beth brings up the fact Laurie is coming to dinner, Mike can’t recall who she is... they spend time describing her but he still doesn’t know... when she arrives, he still doesn’t know her... which leads me to believe that perhaps Emily also passed through the dark area when her phone initially cracked and was never in the “right” house to begin with. I mean, why did everyone know who Laurie was except for Mike?
Excellent analysis! I was blown away to learn that the very Amir and Laurie who appeared at the beginning of the film are already doppelgangers of the original ones.
Thank you! I’ve learned a word today: Doppelganger! 😊 Also I have realized that there is a movie with this name! 1993 thriller movie that I will watch! 🎉
Thank you ma'am! I have watched to others "Explained" videos of this movie and you are the only who actually explained things instead of making a "summary" of the movie. I didn't even think to notice that the two late couples were visitors to the reality from the beginning! Thank you for your work and you got a sub!
This is how you do a movie explained! You truly reason what went on and then you explain it without any personal interpretations or wacky theories about what you think happened.
It never occurred to me that Amir & Laurie walked through the darkness before they even arrived at the party! I also hoped that there would be a house in which Mike talked about starring in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer".
Anthony Mack I’ve watched this movie maybe 20 times (not kidding) because I was so fascinated by the whole idea of divergent realities... so I actually realized something else in addition to what you posted... In the beginning, when they are standing in the kitchen and Beth brings up Laurie, Mike can’t recall who she is... they spend time describing her but he still doesn’t know... which leads me to believe that perhaps Emily was never in the right house to begin with. Why did everyone know who Laurie was except for Mike?
Really good explanation. No fake/annoying personalities were displayed; just broke down the story nicely. Especially with those diagrams. It really helped me to wipe off all the other predictions I made up while trying to read the movie. For a non-movie guy who haven't seen much movies including the most famous ones, I'm really glad I understood almost all of them. Here are some questions which bothers me, 1) 22:23 if the 2nd Emily came to her car to put on the ring when the group came outside due to a broken car window happened exactly like original Emily's past incident exactly as she plans, then why a Kevin didn't come to the car right after Emily put on the ring like it happened in the previous incident. 2) I think the relationship insecurities and untrust happened between original Emily and Kevin led her to go to her car and put on the ring, to show it to Kevin and try to strengthen the relationship. Also she started talking about their relationship right after she put on her ring. Why would the 2nd Emily go to her car alone during a suspicious situation where one of their car windows were broken spontaneously just to put on her ring as she seemed perfectly happy with Kevin right before the incident? Actually I was hyped for a more complex ending while watching this because I thought the ending must be more complex than it seemed as the way people talk about it. However I prefer this ending where no Emily was killed as I felt really bad for that 2nd Emily. Just as that Mike predicted, what if they are the Dark versions of themselves? Pretty sure Emily was.
The way the film was shot, with shaky cam and overlapping conversations really adds to the disorientation. Great vid, solid explanation. I thought I had a pretty good grip on the film, but you’re way ahead of me. 👍🏿
Oh, I've asked an explanation for this movie when you made the explanation of Primer. I thought this would never happen. Even if it took more than a year, thank you very much!
Great video, I really appreciated the visuals. It's hard to keep track. My theory is the realties created during the comet's passing are the only ones that could be accessed. I think there was originally only two houses, one that left and one that didn't. After that, each decision created a split in realities. For example, when Mike said he wanted to kill the other Mike, the group convinced him not to. Which created another reality where he did do that. Same with the glowsticks, Emily's decision to go on the trip, the bandaid, amir and huge going to the other house, stealing the book, etc. By the end they had messed up the realities so terribly, none would ever return to the original. Creating the box was actually a terrible idea by the group, as it created way to many realities. I could be wrong, but I think the film is open to many interpretations and that why I love it!
You’re correct, mike said he wanted to go over there and kill everyone but they convinced him not to, in another reality he did go over there to kill them and that’s the mike that comes in the house and starts beating the other mike up!!!! 🔥
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there would have had to have been more than 2 because there existed splits in reality that happened before the comet. For example, Em being successful in her dancing career, Laurie doing yoga and Mike being the lead in Roswell. If only those two realities existed and then the rest split from those, that wouldn’t explain the realities that were different before the events of the comet.
You're correct on everything except for the two house part. You forget that Lori, Amid and Emily all we're not from the original group. When the power goes out and when their cell phones crack those are switches. Not everything but small things change. Emily when driving and on the phone had already entered into a separate reality than the one she was coming from, she was never with the original group of her reality. If only slightly different
@@e.h.4933So as she said, the decision to whether kill the people in other house/s was made, another reality must have been created. But there onwards, they may have encountered different occasions which may have made more branches from each of them and there's a possibility to two Killer Mikes to enter another house? But they should have the same coloured glowsticks and that's the problem
The first time I watched this movie, I was tempted to stop watching about 30 minutes in. I am soooooo glad I continued watching to the end. I love the creepy vibes - made my hair stand on end. This was such a good movie, and I'm glad you covered it! :)
Haha same for me! But the way of filming/camera positioning etc in the first 30 were super confusing for me xD i am used to watch movies or series with like good camera positioning/transitions.. glad i bited through it! Really was worth it!
Honestly, I dropped off (I think) before the explanation of the box, but I also sort of remember quitting when Em is checking the multiple realities, but I don't know why I would've quit at that point (maybe fell asleep). Glad I watched it again, though I do find the movie is "more interesting than good."
@@hellz23456 dude literally i felt the dread the fear and horror of that scene. I wanted to run watching it. Scariest thing ive seen in a very long time
Your explanations are incredibly lucid and accessible (I'm talking about Primer and Mulholland Dr. too). I don't know how you do it, but you manage to make coherent sense out of these complicated storylines . That is until I go off by myself and try to unravel them.
Excellent work!!! You have now done both of my favourite mind boggling movies ('Primer' being the other) and you have excelled yourself. What has always stumped me is what it is that it said to the last Kevin in that call at the end of the film that makes him so sure the Emily in front of him isn't the right one. Because there is no bewilderment, he knows.
this was such a good explanation and the use of visuals was very helpful. i didnt even pick up on the fact that amir and laurie could have very well been from a different reality from the beginning.
This is a well-thought out analysis although im still wrapping my head around it I've watched the film three times and i've only noticed Laurie's hostility now
I remember watching this when I was on a mind bending movie craze. I watched this along side primer, triangle, predestination, time crimes, Mulholland drive, mr nobody, eternal sunshine, momento, and a bunch of other movies.
You have the best video on Primer that I've seen, so I was thrilled to see you got around to covering this movie as well after doing a re-watch of Coherence today. Great video! Thanks for making this!
Way! I have literally watched Coherence more than 20 times since its one of my favorite movies. I see something new every time. And I used to feel very smart and observant. That was until I watched your video just now 😄. You are very observant and have an eye for details. Great job! Subscribed. Greetings from Norway!
I watched this movie after seeing the thumbnail of it in your primer video, watched coherence then came imediately back to see your commentary. This one is a lot clearer than primer but I loved seeing your commentary anyway! Really well done videos :)
As far as i can say, your movie critics are the "bestest" that somebody can find in yt. I admire your wits. Have you ever watched the movie "Stay"(2005). It's a rather cryptic and puzzling film, probably you are tbe appropriate person to decipher it!
i LOVE this movie!! thanks for making this video, now i have to watch it for a second time hehe. edit: i'd love to see you analyse similar movies such as memento and enemy! i feel like people don't really talk about these movies, they're so underrated!
As genius as this movie is, it had to make some convenient assumptions. For example, when all eight people from House 1 went to House 2, that House 2 would be completely deserted. Or when the Mike from the house with the napkin arrived at House 4, that there would be no other version of Mike present. It's as if the empty spots are conveniently being filled by the right people. Then again, it could be that they are peering into the house beforehand to see whether a version of themselves is inside. Great analysis, LondonCityGirl!
According to the film's logic there are infinite houses, infinite copies of everyone, infinite stories to tell. This is just one of infinite stories, it's not convenient it's just what happened to this version of Emily. There is a version of this story where things happen differently, where things aren't as "convenient", but that's just not the one the movie chose to tell.
Agree with Antonie. The movie isn't perfect, you have to suspend some disbelief. It also felt the need to have exposition in the form of the physicist brother with the book left in the car...AKA exposition. I hated that. Primer did it better, didn't feel the need to hold your hand and explain things along the way. I came here to see if I had missed anything but it is a very simple story, but it was a good one.
@@keffy149 I've watched and analyzed this movie a bunch too. It's not convenient that the house is empty when they go back in - it's actually very likely. The realities closest to them are the most similar with only maybe a few changes. Notice how far Em had to walk before she found her "perfect" house. Since it was a musical montage, it was likely hours. Additionally, the director said the book was a red herring, as it didn't really explain anything other than that realities were touching, which at that point the group had figured out.
@Flamethrower Jane It doesn't really make much sense. It's there for plot reasons. Stepping through the dark spot gives no indication that you will step into the "closest reality". What would be a "close reality" in an infinite number? I agree it was too practical they always ended up in an exact right houses where the exact right people were missing for them to take their plage. It's my only gripe with the move, still love it though. And you also see that people are in different points from early on when Hugh and Amir return with the box from a house that already figured it out. So that wasn't a "close reality" they came from
I think you missed the part where Hugh and Amir come back for the second time. They're not only arriving at different houses, but at different houses at different points in time. That's why at the end there is a house that's still perfect. Their power hadn't even gone out yet.
Hi Simantha! Thanks so much for posting this video and doing the detailed analysis behind it. I loved your 'Primer' video. When I first saw 'Coherence' a little while thereafter I guessed that you'd enjoy that movie also - it's structurally and stylistically very similar, no? ;). Great to see you liked the movie too and great post as always ;)
Excellent job LondonCityGirl! Amazing! This movie has so many important details going on, we lost or don't notice them throughout the plot, so this visual scheme is indispensable to understanding it all
At last i had THE real help to understand completely and get me out of this complex but yet wonderful tunnel of mystery! I LOVE this movie which i believe it is one of the best in film history, for the simple fact that it is based on Schrödinger's Quantum theory and along with the film's perfect plot and cast, makes us want to study it forever! How many movies have accomplished that? I want to thank you for this great video which helped me to fill up all the confusing gaps i had! And i know that somehow there are more puzzling mysteries in this movie that wait for us to discover..
Thank you so much for this explanation. I was totally clueless while watching the movie, as the dialogue and camera were so fast to allow us to understand what was going on.
The story they told at the dinner table about the woman who killed her husband but then he came back makes a lot more sense after watching the rest of the film
Was there a possibility of an Em #3?. I noticed Em #2 (perfect Em) had on long black socks with white dots, and the Em that appeared in the bathroom had on fully black ankle socks.
Excellent stuff, when I started watching (after watching the Primer video) I thought 'I'd love to see a similar video about Triangle' - guess what my next suggested video was? Made me wonder whether I'd been trying out different realities until I found the one where the video I wanted was there waiting for me.
I recently showed my son 'Primer' and called up your vid for him to mull-over after we watched it and I noticed you'd uploaded this 'Coherence' vid that I somehow missed... I plan on letting my daughter see your explanation as she loved it when we watched it together a few months ago. Coherence is a fantastic gem of a film and ticks all the boxes I could want in a movie... I can't recall just how many times I've seen it as it is one of my default 'goto' movies I reach for. I even got all geeky back in 2014 by roughly calculating how many alternate realities were potentially in the movie by looking at all the possible combinations of the items chosen, the numbers, the colour of ink, the glowstick colour etc they chose to keep track ... for example, each photo could've had a different number, in a different colour with different items put in the box by versions that then chose different glowsticks... As a back-of-the-envelope calculation I kinda stopped after the number went beyond several trillion... what sci-fi fan could ask for more in a movie?!
I know I'm way late to this (excellent!) explanation video, but I just rewatched the movie after a couple of years. It's still awesome. Two things I'm wondering about: 1. At the very end, when Kevin receives the phone call standing next to the trunk, his response seems wrong. He looks suspiciously at Emily (whether this is actually the original Emily or one of the other Emilys who tried to sneak into this reality, I don't know). If in this reality everything stayed perfect (in original Emily's opinion) because nobody left the house, shouldn't Kevin be exceptionally confused rather than suspicious when receiving the call? He should have no knowledge of anything odd happening the night before, because nobody left his house, and everyone is still their original selves. So having alternate reality versions of each person would never have been experienced or discussed. Unless somehow this Kevin is ALSO an alternate Kevin, and both he and Emily are realizing that they both walked through the dark area to find their preferred reality. 2. From the story Emily tells at the beginning about previous comets, it seems like this phenomena typically happens to a small group of people. Are the characters in this house the only ones who experience the decoherence, or would others in the world (or even just people in other houses on the street) have experienced the same thing? What a confusing mess that would be!
Another theory is there may be 3 or 4 Ems in the "intact house" reality. Due to the fact that when, presumably, OUR Em comes back in the house and faints its actually another Em who was hit with the ketamine from a different Em. The Em who calls Kevin is the one in the trunk. Bc how would the the "intact house" Em get out of the trunk (assuming this car doesn't have the trunk handle that some cars have NOWadays)? The Em that the original Em (OUR Em) found in the bathroom is not HER Em from the trunk. Its to hypothesize that OUR Em wasn't the only one with the bright idea to find another house that stayed inside to avoid the chaos or have not YET dealt with the idea of the comet and multiple realities. Get all that? LOL. I wonder how long it took to write this script? Love.
I also agree because it would be impossible for(our em) to think about doing what she's done to the other em. Remember, what one house is thinking of doing, the other house is thinking the same thing. What I don't understand is, when one or two people left a house, their other doppelgänger will leave their house as well. So, why would our (EM) saw her other doppelgänger in the house where she eventually attacked. Shouldn't that em left the house also searching for her house because they all experiencing the same thing?
@@Ang3l-of-M3rcy but they didn't experience the same thing that's the point. Only the stuff that happened BEFORE the movie is same everywhere. Since scene 1 every choice is different in every reality
this is the third of your videos that i have viewed. outstanding summaries and explanations...now i see you also have one for the film Triangle...that's it, i'm subscribing....subscribed. continue the great work!
I cant believe this film went over my head.....Even though I watched this video first I Saw this for the first time last night. Really enjoyed it despite knowing what's gonna happen. Thank you 😊
Great explanation and diagram! My only improvement would be to number the people's icons with their house number, which would make it much easier to remember who is from where. Cheers :)
I'm thinking "observation" is a key missing piece. As soon as anyone or anything leaves your area of perception, it becomes coherent, with all possibilities happening at once. When the people or objects return to your area of perception, they are observed by you and their wave function collapses back to a particular reality, different than before. That would explain what happened to Em in the bathtub. As soon as the other Em leaves the bathroom, bathtub Em may or may not be there, and lucky for other Em when the comet leaves and the wave function collapses, bathtub Em isn't there. I need to go back to look for supportive evidence, like when Mike goes to start up the generator, do his clothes change when he comes back? If true, then the house no longer has a special frame of reference (something Einstein would appreciate). It's just the walls create a well-defined boundary of perception shared by everyone in the connected living room/dining room area of house. The dark area might just simply be dark, but because your perception is more limited in distance by the darkness, the alternate realities you travel to are more different from your own than when you simply step out of and back into the house. The wine glass can be broken when you step out and back into the house, but the house can't be filled with alternate versions of yourselves because you would hear them from just outside the house. Perception keeps you tethered to your current reality. The movie isn't perfect with its internal rules but I think this observation element fits well with what the filmmakers present to us.
Good work , LondonCityGirl . I think the director said there was 7 or 8 actual houses , though I don't think the 'spoilers warning' is necessary (if you haven't seen the film it would be hard to follow the explanation) . Films like this , 'Primer' , ' Take Shelter ' ,' They Look like People' etc show it's possible to make interesting films that hold an audience, without an 'Inception' like budget ..
There is a continuity mistake in this film but because of the nature of the film you could pretend its another group of them mid way through their own sentence. Its when Amir says we went through that dark part and you can see big guy Hugh is working it out that they don't belong and then suddenly we see Amir whispering to big guy Hugh and then next shot he hyperspaces back to his seat. Its obvious the director put that in later because he needed that interaction between them because Amir also then realizes he doesn't belong with this particular group.
This is the only video that has gotten all the order and sequence and wrong people entering the other houses... Every other "Coherence explained" video makes a mockery of the movie with their tone of disapproval of the movie, which is why I enjoyed this video of "Coherence explained." With the illustrations, it is easier to understand as well. Thank you Londoncitygirl for breaking it down in a constructive way. Enjoyed this video very much and I loved the movie so much that I watched it countless times for a whole week and watched interviews of the Director as he explains and talks about how he directed the movie and gives a few clues. After all that, and figuring out everything that is mentioned in this video from that repeat viewing over the week, this video with the clear, and easy-to-follow illustrations was a highlight! 👍👌 I recommend anyone who stumbles upon this movie to watch it, it's brilliant! Only movie that I watched that many number of times only to figure out what's happening and it never got boring even after all those repeated views.
This is my favorite film and ive watched it a millions times but when i watched this video i was still shocked with the fact that the phones has something to do with the story!
Came across this movie by chance (ahm..). Next only to "Primer" in terms of confusing plot. Really enjoyed it watching the second time after this explanation video from the LondonCityGirl, which of course is great as usual.
A point that I noticed, based on your explanation. Emily's car must be accessible without entering the dark zone. As you point out, when those in house 4 leave to see what the noise was, Emily goes to her car, grabs the ring, has an interaction with the wrong Kevin and then goes back to house 4 from which she came. Then later in the film when she finds a house that she sees as an ideal reality, she knocks out her other Emily with the drug at her car and then returns to the same ideal reality house. So the space between her car and the house is a 'safe' zone.
The director says it’s not meant to be infinite houses and they were all in the same reality to begin with. Her not recognizing him wasn’t part of changing realities
So how does the same amount of "visitors" keep returning to house 4 that left. If you consider infinite numbers of houses with members all at different points of problem solving, how do the correct number that makes the group whole keep returning? For example, the first 4 and then another Mike?
I love this movie Nobody hardly ever talks about it I'm so excited thank you
This is one of the movies that should've made it big, but didn't.
@@naeakanuk It was huge in reality 67.
Totally agree. I was blown away and went into it not expecting anything.
Thank god, because it suckkked @@naeakanuk
This movie is such a hidden gem.
It has over a 100k votes on Imdb. Is it that hidden?
@@Madferit91 100k on the internet is hidden i would say yea xD
@@Madferit91 yes
I understand why you are saying this because it doesn’t have the concern for commercial success!
I’ve seen a looooot of films in my 37 years, and just now stumbled upon this. Definitely consider this a hidden gem
I didn't realise that Amir and Laurie could be from another reality in house #1 because they arrived late for the dinner. The first scenes make sense to me now. Thanks for the explanation!
I'm pretty sure there are four groups of people at the beginning, each group being from different realities: (i) Emily (arriving alone), (ii) Kevin and Hugh (arriving together), (iii) Amir and Lauri (arriving together), and (iv) everyone else. It may be even more mixed up than that, depending on when some of the others arrived earlier.
supposing that scenario is true, then amir and laurie from each of the houses is also late, otherwise they'd walk into a house with an alternate set of themselves.
@@ShieldsUp4 We do see the other groups do leave at the same time and do the same ideas or at least have them. Like how Mike in all realities automatically goes on the attack, it takes a minute but there is a payoff to his warning at the start, even if that isn't the same Mike we started with.
Very comprehensive analysis. Well done. Laurie is definitely front a different reality than Mike because he remembered her as a yoga teacher and she saw a different Roswell where Mike was not a series cast member. I missed the Amir not knowing the sister thing though.
@@digitauruswow I knew Emily amid and Lori were imposters also possibly Mike (because of his yoga comment) but I didn't even consider anyone else besides them. So I guess the only people that are for sure the OGs or the two other women that were there when Emily arrived.
- That's it! You cheating on me!
- Honey, calm down... Have you heard about Schrodinger's cat?
Reminds me of that Key and Peele skit about Neil deGrasse Tyson haha
Fun fact from the director: In the "perfect reality" that Em #1 tries to infiltrate, Em #2 says yes to Kevin's request for her to move to Vietnam with him. This one decision and her hesitation to accept his request, changed the course of events for the entire evening in the reality she escaped from.
That's really interesting - that moment in the film always stuck out to me. I wondered if their relationship was so great why she didn't just go with him or rather why she was so reluctant and there was no enthusiasm ...
Hey Vicki #2
Yes! I just re-watched this recently and came to the same conclusion. The "perfect reality" that Em infiltrates is a house where A) She said YES to going to Vietnam when Kevin proposes she only come for a month (they later say something about how she's only going for a month, so we know that was the precise moment it diverged) but also B) their power hadn't gone out yet (all the houses are at different points in time). However, because of this, this specific house becomes a moth flame for ALL of the wandering Em's, looking for just that. This is how you end up with like 5 Em's at the end. They all stop looking when they find the "perfect house" and even after she finds it, she's still diverging from the other ones who found it, making different decisions. The Em that comes into the bathroom is not the same one from the car (she's locked in a trunk), and the Em that finds her isn't the Em that put the other one in the trunk (she's not wearing the jacket she stole). There's... a lot of Ems at the end.
@@Stellerby there were lit candles scattered around the house, so the energy had already fallen and returned. and i believe it is the same Em at the end, there is no reason in change that since she is the protagonist.
In that perfect reality she also kept her job and decided to be the understudy which as we know she later became the lead; whereas in her reality she hesitated.
I’ve watched this movie maybe 20 times (not kidding) because I was so fascinated by the whole idea of divergent realities and getting mixed up in them... so I actually realized something else in addition to Laurie and Amir starting in the wrong house... In the beginning, when Em, Beth, Mike & Lee are standing in the kitchen and Beth brings up the fact Laurie is coming to dinner, Mike can’t recall who she is... they spend time describing her but he still doesn’t know... when she arrives, he still doesn’t know her... which leads me to believe that perhaps Emily also passed through the dark area when her phone initially cracked and was never in the “right” house to begin with. I mean, why did everyone know who Laurie was except for Mike?
Great comment - some food for thought 😀
Vicki #4
Me too I watch it over 20 times
@@blackbandz3385 That's odd.. I could have sworn you told me that you've watched it 10 times two monthes ago.
Laurie also didn't remember Mike was the protagonist in that tv show they mention.
Excellent analysis! I was blown away to learn that the very Amir and Laurie who appeared at the beginning of the film are already doppelgangers of the original ones.
Thank you! I’ve learned a word today: Doppelganger! 😊 Also I have realized that there is a movie with this name! 1993 thriller movie that I will watch! 🎉
Thank you ma'am! I have watched to others "Explained" videos of this movie and you are the only who actually explained things instead of making a "summary" of the movie. I didn't even think to notice that the two late couples were visitors to the reality from the beginning! Thank you for your work and you got a sub!
This is how you do a movie explained! You truly reason what went on and then you explain it without any personal interpretations or wacky theories about what you think happened.
It never occurred to me that Amir & Laurie walked through the darkness before they even arrived at the party!
I also hoped that there would be a house in which Mike talked about starring in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer".
Anthony Mack I’ve watched this movie maybe 20 times (not kidding) because I was so fascinated by the whole idea of divergent realities... so I actually realized something else in addition to what you posted... In the beginning, when they are standing in the kitchen and Beth brings up Laurie, Mike can’t recall who she is... they spend time describing her but he still doesn’t know... which leads me to believe that perhaps Emily was never in the right house to begin with. Why did everyone know who Laurie was except for Mike?
@@vickirosstudor490 Good observation! 🤔
Or maybe mike wasn’t in the right house if everyone knew who she was except him lol
Mike was***
@@vickirosstudor490 and #3
Really good explanation. No fake/annoying personalities were displayed; just broke down the story nicely. Especially with those diagrams. It really helped me to wipe off all the other predictions I made up while trying to read the movie. For a non-movie guy who haven't seen much movies including the most famous ones, I'm really glad I understood almost all of them. Here are some questions which bothers me,
1) 22:23 if the 2nd Emily came to her car to put on the ring when the group came outside due to a broken car window happened exactly like original Emily's past incident exactly as she plans, then why a Kevin didn't come to the car right after Emily put on the ring like it happened in the previous incident.
2) I think the relationship insecurities and untrust happened between original Emily and Kevin led her to go to her car and put on the ring, to show it to Kevin and try to strengthen the relationship. Also she started talking about their relationship right after she put on her ring. Why would the 2nd Emily go to her car alone during a suspicious situation where one of their car windows were broken spontaneously just to put on her ring as she seemed perfectly happy with Kevin right before the incident?
Actually I was hyped for a more complex ending while watching this because I thought the ending must be more complex than it seemed as the way people talk about it. However I prefer this ending where no Emily was killed as I felt really bad for that 2nd Emily.
Just as that Mike predicted, what if they are the Dark versions of themselves? Pretty sure Emily was.
The way the film was shot, with shaky cam and overlapping conversations really adds to the disorientation. Great vid, solid explanation. I thought I had a pretty good grip on the film, but you’re way ahead of me. 👍🏿
Oh, I've asked an explanation for this movie when you made the explanation of Primer. I thought this would never happen. Even if it took more than a year, thank you very much!
Thanks for sticking around ;)
I didn’t even occur to me that Laurie and Amir walked through the dark area and walked into a different reality near the beginning, really great take!
or that Em could have at the very very beginning too! :o
Great video, I really appreciated the visuals. It's hard to keep track.
My theory is the realties created during the comet's passing are the only ones that could be accessed.
I think there was originally only two houses, one that left and one that didn't. After that, each decision created a split in realities.
For example, when Mike said he wanted to kill the other Mike, the group convinced him not to. Which created another reality where he did do that.
Same with the glowsticks, Emily's decision to go on the trip, the bandaid, amir and huge going to the other house, stealing the book, etc. By the end they had messed up the realities so terribly, none would ever return to the original.
Creating the box was actually a terrible idea by the group, as it created way to many realities.
I could be wrong, but I think the film is open to many interpretations and that why I love it!
You’re correct, mike said he wanted to go over there and kill everyone but they convinced him not to, in another reality he did go over there to kill them and that’s the mike that comes in the house and starts beating the other mike up!!!! 🔥
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there would have had to have been more than 2 because there existed splits in reality that happened before the comet. For example, Em being successful in her dancing career, Laurie doing yoga and Mike being the lead in Roswell. If only those two realities existed and then the rest split from those, that wouldn’t explain the realities that were different before the events of the comet.
Well, in at least one 9f the houses Em peaks into (and avoids) weren't there two killer Mike's tied up in the living room?
You're correct on everything except for the two house part. You forget that Lori, Amid and Emily all we're not from the original group. When the power goes out and when their cell phones crack those are switches. Not everything but small things change. Emily when driving and on the phone had already entered into a separate reality than the one she was coming from, she was never with the original group of her reality. If only slightly different
@@e.h.4933So as she said, the decision to whether kill the people in other house/s was made, another reality must have been created. But there onwards, they may have encountered different occasions which may have made more branches from each of them and there's a possibility to two Killer Mikes to enter another house? But they should have the same coloured glowsticks and that's the problem
The first time I watched this movie, I was tempted to stop watching about 30 minutes in. I am soooooo glad I continued watching to the end. I love the creepy vibes - made my hair stand on end. This was such a good movie, and I'm glad you covered it! :)
the most creepy is when the kevin stares
same, I was like, well, this is boring but oh was I mistaken! Let's pretend I didn't watch it 6 times in a week, ok?
Haha same for me! But the way of filming/camera positioning etc in the first 30 were super confusing for me xD i am used to watch movies or series with like good camera positioning/transitions.. glad i bited through it! Really was worth it!
Honestly, I dropped off (I think) before the explanation of the box, but I also sort of remember quitting when Em is checking the multiple realities, but I don't know why I would've quit at that point (maybe fell asleep).
Glad I watched it again, though I do find the movie is "more interesting than good."
@@hellz23456 dude literally i felt the dread the fear and horror of that scene. I wanted to run watching it. Scariest thing ive seen in a very long time
I loved the explanation, very clear despite how complicated this movie actually is, well done
Thanks for watching :)
Your explanations are incredibly lucid and accessible (I'm talking about Primer and Mulholland Dr. too). I don't know how you do it, but you manage to make coherent sense out of these complicated storylines . That is until I go off by myself and try to unravel them.
You've done a remarkable job explaining this. Deserves way more views. Helped me make more sense of it and makes it movie even more eerie.
My favorite thing about this movie is that it's character-focused above all else. It's ultimately about Emily and her decisions
Excellent work!!! You have now done both of my favourite mind boggling movies ('Primer' being the other) and you have excelled yourself. What has always stumped me is what it is that it said to the last Kevin in that call at the end of the film that makes him so sure the Emily in front of him isn't the right one. Because there is no bewilderment, he knows.
Thanks for leaving such a nice comment - makes all the effort of making these videos worthwhile :D
this was such a good explanation and the use of visuals was very helpful. i didnt even pick up on the fact that amir and laurie could have very well been from a different reality from the beginning.
You are blessed with explaination skills. Watching your vids clarifies even the most mind bending movies. Thanks and keep up the great work
You’re amazing at explaining things ❤️
Found this movie by chance and truly loved the concept and execution. Using the most of less and telling a truly compelling story
This was such a cool movie for me to just randomly pick to watch. Never heard a word about it but I loved it. Great vid too!
Good job. Just watched it a few hours ago and I'm obsessed. Can't wait for a rewatch very very soon
2024- rewatched Coherence on 4-20-2024, still awesome 🤯
This is a well-thought out analysis although im still wrapping my head around it
I've watched the film three times and i've only noticed Laurie's hostility now
I remember watching this when I was on a mind bending movie craze. I watched this along side primer, triangle, predestination, time crimes, Mulholland drive, mr nobody, eternal sunshine, momento, and a bunch of other movies.
what else would you suggest to watch? What were you favourite movies?
@@Werewolfwhittles the endless was good. Upstream colour, Under the skin.
@@ronaldg6427 cool, thank you!
Predestination is also good one if no one has mentioned
@@Werewolfwhittles The Incident from 2014. It's in Spanish but It is a masterpiece of time loops and closed spaces
Wonderful explanation! It cleared up so much for me and now I won't have to lose sleep trying to figure out what on earth I just watched.
You have the best video on Primer that I've seen, so I was thrilled to see you got around to covering this movie as well after doing a re-watch of Coherence today. Great video! Thanks for making this!
Ah thanks for checking out this video and it was a long time coming! :D
You did an amazing job breaking this movie down.Thank you SO much! You should do Triangle, another mind bender.
Haha, I’m actually working on Triangle at the moment ... it should be up in the next week or so 😉 Thanks for commenting and the nice feedback 😊
Oh yeah thats a good one also
Hello Vicki #1
I hust love mind bender films, will watch this one for the first time shortly.
I thought I was like the only person who saw Triangle lol
Way! I have literally watched Coherence more than 20 times since its one of my favorite movies. I see something new every time. And I used to feel very smart and observant. That was until I watched your video just now 😄. You are very observant and have an eye for details. Great job!
Subscribed.
Greetings from Norway!
This is a perfect way to explain this movie.... thank you.
I watched this movie after seeing the thumbnail of it in your primer video, watched coherence then came imediately back to see your commentary. This one is a lot clearer than primer but I loved seeing your commentary anyway! Really well done videos :)
I love this movie. And the casting is great. Granola candles!
Well-done explanation, my favorite of all of em on YT. I def missed a couple things.
As far as i can say, your movie critics are the "bestest" that somebody can find in yt. I admire your wits. Have you ever watched the movie "Stay"(2005). It's a rather cryptic and puzzling film, probably you are tbe appropriate person to decipher it!
amazing analysis!!! I was so confused, and ur detailed visual explanation was super super helpful!! thanks a lottt
Thanks a lot! The picture has become much more clearer for me now. I'm afraid hat in the LIVE-cat reality, there is no place for "original" Emily
i LOVE this movie!! thanks for making this video, now i have to watch it for a second time hehe.
edit: i'd love to see you analyse similar movies such as memento and enemy! i feel like people don't really talk about these movies, they're so underrated!
One of my favorite movies. I've been trying to find ones that are similar in certain aspects. The invitation is probably the closest I've found.
Triangle maybe
As genius as this movie is, it had to make some convenient assumptions. For example, when all eight people from House 1 went to House 2, that House 2 would be completely deserted. Or when the Mike from the house with the napkin arrived at House 4, that there would be no other version of Mike present. It's as if the empty spots are conveniently being filled by the right people. Then again, it could be that they are peering into the house beforehand to see whether a version of themselves is inside. Great analysis, LondonCityGirl!
According to the film's logic there are infinite houses, infinite copies of everyone, infinite stories to tell. This is just one of infinite stories, it's not convenient it's just what happened to this version of Emily. There is a version of this story where things happen differently, where things aren't as "convenient", but that's just not the one the movie chose to tell.
Agree with Antonie. The movie isn't perfect, you have to suspend some disbelief. It also felt the need to have exposition in the form of the physicist brother with the book left in the car...AKA exposition. I hated that. Primer did it better, didn't feel the need to hold your hand and explain things along the way.
I came here to see if I had missed anything but it is a very simple story, but it was a good one.
@@keffy149 I've watched and analyzed this movie a bunch too. It's not convenient that the house is empty when they go back in - it's actually very likely. The realities closest to them are the most similar with only maybe a few changes. Notice how far Em had to walk before she found her "perfect" house. Since it was a musical montage, it was likely hours.
Additionally, the director said the book was a red herring, as it didn't really explain anything other than that realities were touching, which at that point the group had figured out.
@Flamethrower Jane It doesn't really make much sense. It's there for plot reasons. Stepping through the dark spot gives no indication that you will step into the "closest reality". What would be a "close reality" in an infinite number? I agree it was too practical they always ended up in an exact right houses where the exact right people were missing for them to take their plage. It's my only gripe with the move, still love it though. And you also see that people are in different points from early on when Hugh and Amir return with the box from a house that already figured it out. So that wasn't a "close reality" they came from
I think you missed the part where Hugh and Amir come back for the second time. They're not only arriving at different houses, but at different houses at different points in time. That's why at the end there is a house that's still perfect. Their power hadn't even gone out yet.
Hi Simantha! Thanks so much for posting this video and doing the detailed analysis behind it. I loved your 'Primer' video. When I first saw 'Coherence' a little while thereafter I guessed that you'd enjoy that movie also - it's structurally and stylistically very similar, no? ;). Great to see you liked the movie too and great post as always ;)
Bruh
This video is so well done! I watched it once, thought it was great, wanted to analyze deeper but was too lazy to do it myself lol
Excellent job LondonCityGirl! Amazing! This movie has so many important details going on, we lost or don't notice them throughout the plot, so this visual scheme is indispensable to understanding it all
At last i had THE real help to understand completely and get me out of this complex but yet wonderful tunnel of mystery! I LOVE this movie which i believe it is one of the best in film history, for the simple fact that it is based on Schrödinger's Quantum theory and along with the film's perfect plot and cast, makes us want to study it forever! How many movies have accomplished that?
I want to thank you for this great video which helped me to fill up all the confusing gaps i had! And i know that somehow there are more puzzling mysteries in this movie that wait for us to discover..
Thank you so much for this explanation. I was totally clueless while watching the movie, as the dialogue and camera were so fast to allow us to understand what was going on.
Finally an explanation that makes sense. Thank you.
THANK YOU FOR THE ILLUSTRATION. this movie creeps me out for some reasons... even just watching this video gives me chill...
The story they told at the dinner table about the woman who killed her husband but then he came back makes a lot more sense after watching the rest of the film
Was there a possibility of an Em #3?. I noticed Em #2 (perfect Em) had on long black socks with white dots, and the Em that appeared in the bathroom had on fully black ankle socks.
And the Em walking through the dark zone had no socks. Many Ems.
Excellent stuff, when I started watching (after watching the Primer video) I thought 'I'd love to see a similar video about Triangle' - guess what my next suggested video was? Made me wonder whether I'd been trying out different realities until I found the one where the video I wanted was there waiting for me.
This has been very helpful for me to digest this movie. Thank you heaps for the splendid work.
This is still the best channel for explaining time travel
I recently showed my son 'Primer' and called up your vid for him to mull-over after we watched it and I noticed you'd uploaded this 'Coherence' vid that I somehow missed... I plan on letting my daughter see your explanation as she loved it when we watched it together a few months ago.
Coherence is a fantastic gem of a film and ticks all the boxes I could want in a movie... I can't recall just how many times I've seen it as it is one of my default 'goto' movies I reach for.
I even got all geeky back in 2014 by roughly calculating how many alternate realities were potentially in the movie by looking at all the possible combinations of the items chosen, the numbers, the colour of ink, the glowstick colour etc they chose to keep track ... for example, each photo could've had a different number, in a different colour with different items put in the box by versions that then chose different glowsticks...
As a back-of-the-envelope calculation I kinda stopped after the number went beyond several trillion... what sci-fi fan could ask for more in a movie?!
I know I'm way late to this (excellent!) explanation video, but I just rewatched the movie after a couple of years. It's still awesome. Two things I'm wondering about:
1. At the very end, when Kevin receives the phone call standing next to the trunk, his response seems wrong. He looks suspiciously at Emily (whether this is actually the original Emily or one of the other Emilys who tried to sneak into this reality, I don't know). If in this reality everything stayed perfect (in original Emily's opinion) because nobody left the house, shouldn't Kevin be exceptionally confused rather than suspicious when receiving the call? He should have no knowledge of anything odd happening the night before, because nobody left his house, and everyone is still their original selves. So having alternate reality versions of each person would never have been experienced or discussed. Unless somehow this Kevin is ALSO an alternate Kevin, and both he and Emily are realizing that they both walked through the dark area to find their preferred reality.
2. From the story Emily tells at the beginning about previous comets, it seems like this phenomena typically happens to a small group of people. Are the characters in this house the only ones who experience the decoherence, or would others in the world (or even just people in other houses on the street) have experienced the same thing? What a confusing mess that would be!
this is awesome! it was so hard for me to wrap my head around this movie but this video made it infinitely easier ty
I have watched and liked every one of your explain / analysis videos...you are most helpful with these very confusing movies...thanx so much...
This comment has made my day - thank you! :)
Thanks for the explanation. i will sub to you. Greetings from Malaysia.
Just saw this movie and loved it. Plus loved your vid. Def the best vid of Coherence explained out there.
Can't believe no one is talking about Nicholas Brendon being in Buffy, not Roswell, but he does have a twin brother who took his place on set once.
That’s the joke! In our reality he was in Buffy!!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍
@@hanniffydinn6019 Laurie is from our reality!
Another theory is there may be 3 or 4 Ems in the "intact house" reality. Due to the fact that when, presumably, OUR Em comes back in the house and faints its actually another Em who was hit with the ketamine from a different Em. The Em who calls Kevin is the one in the trunk. Bc how would the the "intact house" Em get out of the trunk (assuming this car doesn't have the trunk handle that some cars have NOWadays)? The Em that the original Em (OUR Em) found in the bathroom is not HER Em from the trunk. Its to hypothesize that OUR Em wasn't the only one with the bright idea to find another house that stayed inside to avoid the chaos or have not YET dealt with the idea of the comet and multiple realities. Get all that? LOL. I wonder how long it took to write this script? Love.
I also agree because it would be impossible for(our em) to think about doing what she's done to the other em. Remember, what one house is thinking of doing, the other house is thinking the same thing. What I don't understand is, when one or two people left a house, their other doppelgänger will leave their house as well. So, why would our (EM) saw her other doppelgänger in the house where she eventually attacked. Shouldn't that em left the house also searching for her house because they all experiencing the same thing?
@@Ang3l-of-M3rcy but they didn't experience the same thing that's the point. Only the stuff that happened BEFORE the movie is same everywhere. Since scene 1 every choice is different in every reality
Oh fuck...
Reading this put my brain in a blender
@@povertyXart 😆😆😆
this is the third of your videos that i have viewed. outstanding summaries and explanations...now i see you also have one for the film Triangle...that's it, i'm subscribing....subscribed. continue the great work!
We know the movie is bad ass when LondonCityGirl makes an illustrated explanation video.
Well done. This video helped me a lot in understanding the whole plot. Thank you
Did you match your words with the clip from the movie at 8:33 on purpose? That blew my mind!!!
best video for coherence. im so glad thank u
Great video. Thank you. Just what I needed after watching this film
I cant believe this film went over my head.....Even though I watched this video first I Saw this for the first time last night. Really enjoyed it despite knowing what's gonna happen. Thank you 😊
I watched this movie at night while i was high and this was the best experience as it bend my mind. Awesome 🍿
Great explanation and diagram! My only improvement would be to number the people's icons with their house number, which would make it much easier to remember who is from where. Cheers :)
I'm thinking "observation" is a key missing piece. As soon as anyone or anything leaves your area of perception, it becomes coherent, with all possibilities happening at once. When the people or objects return to your area of perception, they are observed by you and their wave function collapses back to a particular reality, different than before.
That would explain what happened to Em in the bathtub. As soon as the other Em leaves the bathroom, bathtub Em may or may not be there, and lucky for other Em when the comet leaves and the wave function collapses, bathtub Em isn't there.
I need to go back to look for supportive evidence, like when Mike goes to start up the generator, do his clothes change when he comes back?
If true, then the house no longer has a special frame of reference (something Einstein would appreciate). It's just the walls create a well-defined boundary of perception shared by everyone in the connected living room/dining room area of house.
The dark area might just simply be dark, but because your perception is more limited in distance by the darkness, the alternate realities you travel to are more different from your own than when you simply step out of and back into the house. The wine glass can be broken when you step out and back into the house, but the house can't be filled with alternate versions of yourselves because you would hear them from just outside the house. Perception keeps you tethered to your current reality.
The movie isn't perfect with its internal rules but I think this observation element fits well with what the filmmakers present to us.
A thorough and excellent analysis - love the roulette analogy!
WOW! NOW I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good work , LondonCityGirl . I think the director said there was 7 or 8 actual houses , though I don't think the 'spoilers warning' is necessary (if you haven't seen the film it would be hard to follow the explanation) .
Films like this , 'Primer' , ' Take Shelter ' ,' They Look like People' etc show it's possible to make interesting films that hold an audience, without an 'Inception' like budget ..
There is a continuity mistake in this film but because of the nature of the film you could pretend its another group of them mid way through their own sentence. Its when Amir says we went through that dark part and you can see big guy Hugh is working it out that they don't belong and then suddenly we see Amir whispering to big guy Hugh and then next shot he hyperspaces back to his seat. Its obvious the director put that in later because he needed that interaction between them because Amir also then realizes he doesn't belong with this particular group.
This is the only video that has gotten all the order and sequence and wrong people entering the other houses... Every other "Coherence explained" video makes a mockery of the movie with their tone of disapproval of the movie, which is why I enjoyed this video of "Coherence explained."
With the illustrations, it is easier to understand as well.
Thank you Londoncitygirl for breaking it down in a constructive way. Enjoyed this video very much and I loved the movie so much that I watched it countless times for a whole week and watched interviews of the Director as he explains and talks about how he directed the movie and gives a few clues.
After all that, and figuring out everything that is mentioned in this video from that repeat viewing over the week, this video with the clear, and easy-to-follow illustrations was a highlight! 👍👌
I recommend anyone who stumbles upon this movie to watch it, it's brilliant!
Only movie that I watched that many number of times only to figure out what's happening and it never got boring even after all those repeated views.
This deserves more views.
You have the best Coherence explanation video.
This is such a great movie! Remind me to never go to dinner parties when there is a lunar eclipse taking place.
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This is my favorite film and ive watched it a millions times but when i watched this video i was still shocked with the fact that the phones has something to do with the story!
Came across this movie by chance (ahm..).
Next only to "Primer" in terms of confusing plot. Really enjoyed it watching the second time after this explanation video from the LondonCityGirl, which of course is great as usual.
Great vid!
amazing. You should have millions of views
You are going to go very far !! Dave at 55.
Watched this and then Primer the same night and my brain hasn’t recovered.
I just coincidentally watched both today and oh boy, I will suffer for tonight
A point that I noticed, based on your explanation. Emily's car must be accessible without entering the dark zone. As you point out, when those in house 4 leave to see what the noise was, Emily goes to her car, grabs the ring, has an interaction with the wrong Kevin and then goes back to house 4 from which she came. Then later in the film when she finds a house that she sees as an ideal reality, she knocks out her other Emily with the drug at her car and then returns to the same ideal reality house. So the space between her car and the house is a 'safe' zone.
Good reasoning!
This movie is great. So glad I heard about it. This is a nice review.
thus video is WHOLESOME congrats
Excellent breakdown 👌
A perfectly perfect explanation... great work 💯
wow great explanation, such work, thanks a lot.
Loved this film just as much as Triangle! Well done, a video about Triangle would be great to 🙂
There's already a video on Triangle on the channel 😀
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LondonCityGirl aw I watched it already other day haha! You did well on that one two! Thanks 😀👌
Waah, so hard work, hats off to you too 👍
This film is a nice analog to Robert Heinlein's novella "By His Bootstraps".
The director says it’s not meant to be infinite houses and they were all in the same reality to begin with. Her not recognizing him wasn’t part of changing realities
Only watched it last weekend (pretty late to the party) and I absolutely loved it!
So how does the same amount of "visitors" keep returning to house 4 that left. If you consider infinite numbers of houses with members all at different points of problem solving, how do the correct number that makes the group whole keep returning? For example, the first 4 and then another Mike?
I bet you'll watch this movie over and over again!